As you scroll to
the right you will see successive levels of brick removed to show the interiors
of these punishment cells. As it is, all of the cells were reconstructed after
the war. It was Commandant Liebehenschel who had them dismantled after taking
over from Commandant Hoess! He also removed the box for informers, placed on
one of the buildings in Auschwitz I camp). They were 90cm x 90cm, just about
3x3ft. Prisoners were made to crawl in through small doors on the floor. Once
inside it was impossible to sit down. Sometimes 4-5 people were placed in here
overnight with no toilet facilities. Moreover they had to work in daytime like
anyone else, only to return back after the evening roll call. When the camp
Gestapo was trying to extract information prisoners were made to stay longer.